17 quotes
The Importance of Exploration and Growth
Yancy Cravat
Sugar, if we all took root and squatted, there would never be any new country.
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A Choice Between Life and Death
Sabra
Did you have to kill him?
Yancy
No, I could have let him kill me.
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Driving Out the Devil in Society
Yancy Cravat
Dixie Lees have been stoned in the market place for 2,000 years. You've got to drive the devil out first.
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Celebrating the World's Mightiest Show
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World's Mightiest Show!
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The Legacy of Men Who Build Worlds
Sol Levy
They will always talk about Yancy. He's gonna be part of the history of the great Southwest. It's men like him that build the world. The rest of them, like me... why, we just come along and live in it.
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A Plea for Love and Protection
Yancy Cravat
Wife and mother, stainless woman, hide me... hide me in your love.
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The Art of Strutting While Seated
Yancy Cravat
Turn your eye to that figure that has so deservedly held your attention... this gifted person - Mr. Patrick Leary - is the only man in the glorious and brilliant southwest... nay, in this magnificent nation - of whom it may actually be said that he is able to strut sitting down.
[while addressing the jury, referring to the prosecutor in the case against Dixie Lee; laughter from the jury and spectators]
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Nervousness Before the Sermon
Sabra
Do you feel nervous about your sermon, dear?
Yancy
I'd rather plead to a Texas jury than preach to this gang.
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Celebrating the Wonders of Creation
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Terrific As All Creation
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The Concept of Time in Perspective
Yancy Cravat
Never is a long time.
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Historical Claims in a Conversation
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
One of my ancestors was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Sol Levy
That's all right. A relative of mine, a fellow named Moses, wrote the Ten Commandments.
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A Dispute Over Honor in Shooting
Yancy
Why, it'll be all over the southwest that Yancy Cravat was hiding behind a woman's petticoat!
Sabra
But you didn't! They can't say so! You shot him there nicely in the ear, darling.
Yancy
Well, you shouldn't interfere when men are having a little friendly shootin'.
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The Value of Loyalty Beyond Money
Yancy Cravat
There's loyalty, Sabra, that money can't buy.
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Novel Adaptation Becomes Cinematic Masterpiece
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Edna Ferber's Mighty Novel Becomes The Towering Colossus Of The Films !
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The Oklahoma Wigwam's Commitment to Truth
Yancy Cravat
I'll show them first crack that the Oklahoma Wigwam prints all the news all the time - knowing no law except the law of God and the government of the United States. Say, that's a pretty good slogan. Top of the page - just ahead of the editorial column.
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A Desire for Adventure and New Experiences
Yancy Cravat
Why, we've had enough of this Wichita. We're goin out to a brand new two-fisted, rip snortin country full of Indians, rattlesnakes, gun toters and desperados. Whoopee!
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Epic Grandeur and Life Unleashed
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Earth-shaking in its grandeur! A titanic canvas sprung to life!
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